indicative
/ˌɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
adjectiveindicating or suggesting something
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1. The color of the box is indicative of that day's change for the price of that stock.
2. Negative values of the QRS complex in both leads are indicative of extreme axis deviation.
3. Unusual morphology of P waves is indicative of atrial enlargement.
4. The saga of these two female warriors is indicative of one of the main differences between Chinese and Baiyue culture.
5. The vast extensions of posidonia seaweeds are indicative of the cleanliness of these waters.
to infer
/ˌɪnˈfɝ/
verbto utilize one's deductions to reach an opinion or conclusion that suggests something being the case
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1. We can also infer the shape of the inflationary potential.
2. Privacy infers a value.
3. This infer ending S links right into the I.
4. Our brains infer.
5. And that fact is inferred from the observations of these galaxies.
to insinuate
/ˌɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/
verbto make an implicit suggestion that something is true or is the case
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1. And he insinuated that Rose had put himself and his fame above the legacy of the whole Fab Five. -
2. In the same Times piece, he insinuated that the fate of a Joker 2 may hinge entirely on the return of both actor and director.
3. Well, they insinuated that Icahn had forced your hand.
4. Some have insinuated that she had a penchant for young artists.
5. What are you insinuating here?
it would not do sb any harm
/ɪt wˈʊdənt dˈuː sˈʌmwʌn ˌɛni hˈɑːɹm/
sentenceused to refer to something as a good idea or a reasonable choice
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to let
/ˈɫɛt/
verbused to politely make or respond to suggestions, or give instructions or remarks
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1. In 1947 Franco announced a referendum to let the Spanish people decide.
2. Lets go! -
3. So lets go.
4. - Let a tarantula crawl across your face.
5. Let your opponent.
maybe
/ˈmeɪbi/
adverbused to introduce an alternative or a piece of advice
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1. I even wrote a letter to Chris just kind of hoping that maybe the message could be relayed.
2. Maybe I'm ranting on about this too much.
3. Maybe today's grads are at least making more money.
4. Maybe face my fears.
5. Maybe the girl singing had a good voice
might
/ˈmaɪt/
verbused to bring up a suggestion in a polite manner
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1. CSIs might even vacuum the entire area to collect tiny samples.
2. Depending on the circumstances, they might wait several years.
3. This child might be a savant, this child might be a prodigy.
4. This child might be a savant, this child might be a prodigy.
5. Third party might have a better candidate.
to moot
/ˈmut/
verbto bring up a topic or question for discussion
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1. You know mooting more Justice Breyer style questions.
2. Our moot court has a cool history.
3. Now the government then mooted out the case by diverting the boy to the normal immigration system.
4. I first heard a moot court about 29 years ago at the University of Chicago.
5. Now moot court is certainly a resume bump, not as much as law review.
to move
/ˈmuv/
verbto put forward a suggestion or proposal formally
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1. As the earth turns each day, the sun appears to move across the sky.
2. His determination and devotion moved the princess.
3. Now, they chain them at the neck so tightly because they don't want them to move.
4. Pollen is moved from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower, then fertilisation can happen causing fruit to grow.
5. Move my phone please.
must
/ˈməst/
verbused to make a recommendations regarding someone or something
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. Children must help their parents.
3. I must start a new life among strangers.'
4. Light must integrate shadow.
5. Members of the royal family must take great care of their skin.
to nominate
/ˈnɑməˌneɪt/, /ˈnɑmənət/
verbto officially suggest someone or something for a position, award, etc.
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1. The show was nominated the year prior.
2. We nominated three internees teachers, Daisy, Sophia and Stella.
3. Students and all members of the community nominate these individuals.
4. Students and all members of the community nominate these individuals.
5. They nominate people.
nomination
/ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən/
nounthe process of officially selecting a candidate for either an election or bestowing an honnor
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1. But Austin's nomination has critics.
2. Submit your nomination today.
3. You get the nomination.
4. Presidential nominations are reformed.
5. Faculty, staff, and students submit nominations for this prize.
nominee
/ˌnɑməˈni/
nounsomeone who has been officially suggested for a position, award, etc.
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1. And, even tonight, energy nominee also passed a key procedural vote in the Senate easily.
2. We were picking new nominees.
3. The Republican nominee, of course, is a young man.
4. And they had one nominee.
5. Nominees will even come to your house now.
now then
/nˈaʊ ðˈɛn/
phraseused to draw attention to what one wants to say
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1. Now then, who can tell me what you must have?
2. Now then,' he said, 'where are we all going?'
3. It's a little bit more sensible now then it was before the end of 2020. -
4. And if there's some mania in the markets, well, that's what happens From what you're saying, it sounds like the stock market is not exactly a correct representation of the economy right now then.
5. How old are you now then?
now you are talking
/nˈaʊ juː ɑːɹ tˈɔːkɪŋ/
sentenceused to show that one agrees with someone's suggestion or statement
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1. 'First it was a hat, and now you're talking about a goose!'
2. Where you at one point were talking about small vehicles like a Nissan Leaf, now you're talking about electrifying entire buses.
3. Now you're talking about the AOL.
4. Once you get to around maybe nine, 10 through teenage years, now you're talking about the tween years before puberty, but, sorry, before teenage years, but there's still probably some sexual development happening in those ages, and then you've got teenage years post-puberty.
5. Now you're talking.
perhaps
/pɝˈhæps/
adverbused when introducing a request, making an offer, or giving a suggestion politely
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1. Perhaps Morrison’s most famous exploration of the difficulty of love takes place in "Beloved."
2. Perhaps approach the panelists afterward.
3. Perhaps the wind will bring fresh news of its prey.
4. Perhaps her experiences in an abusive home gave Peanut a sixth sense for other creatures in need.
5. Perhaps polish up your resume.
to point to
/pˈɔɪnt tuː/
verbto suggest that something is true or is the case
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1. Here's the issue I would Point To.
to posit
/ˈpɑzət/
verbto suggest or accept something as true so that one can use that as the base for an argument
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1. I posit an ecological circumstance.
2. We're simply positing the existence of two distinct orientations, two divergent worldviews.
3. And this tool posits four distinct types of discourses, four distinct types of pluralist discourses.
4. And then another conspiracy theory people have posited centers around Kala herself.
5. The third theory posits a military test.
to postulate
/ˈpɑstʃəˌɫeɪt/, /ˈpɑstʃəɫət/
verban idea or assumption that serves as a premise of reasoning, or argumentation
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1. Other scientists postulate that life may have formed from organic chemicals next to the warmth of underwater volcanoes.
2. The postulates of quantum mechanics tell you two things.
3. They postulate seven reasons.
4. Carnot's postulate is the old version of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
5. So the second thing is another postulate.
to prefigure
/pɹɪfˈɪɡjɚ/
verbto perceive something as a sign that indicates the occurrence of something good or evil
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1. He also instituted social reforms that prefigured Chairman Mao’s program a near-century later.
2. The American Civil War was prefigured by roughly 20 years of ferocious debate on the whole gamut of issues from slavery itself to states' rights to the nature of racial difference.
3. It prefigures what the soul ought to be.
4. Each of these figures, in many ways, prefigure the relatively superior natures of those who come later in the dialogue.
5. Canto VI of Inferno, it prefigures Canto VI of Purgatorio and both of them in turn, will prefigure Canto VI of Paradise, Canto VII and so on.
to prompt
/ˈpɹɑmpt/
verbto encourage someone to do or say something
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1. Vince's distance from these decisions prompted trade rumors.
2. The demonstrations are prompting heated debates.
3. Our fifth on the list is prompted choice.
4. The fall of Galilee to Vespasian’s legionaries prompted more internal strife among the Jewish factions.
5. At the same time, in Great Britain the war also prompted a crisis of leadership.
proposal
/pɹəˈpoʊzəɫ/
nouna recommended plan that is proposed for a business
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1. In February of 1867, the government approved Roebling’s proposal.
2. I hate proposals.
3. Proposals are a dog and pony show.
4. So here's my proposal.
5. Oh, I LOVE proposals!
to propose
/pɹəˈpoʊz/
verbto put forward a suggestion, plan, or idea for consideration
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1. So in 1983, the scientist Thomas Cavalier-Smith proposed a new kingdom of life: the Archezoa.
2. In 2016, two astronomers proposed the existence of a ninth planet in our solar system.
3. The governor is proposing a multitude of things.
4. In September, the Trump administration proposed an annual refugee cap of 18,000 people for the year 2020.
5. Bond ladders propose an alternative.
proposer
/pɹəpˈoʊzɚ/
nounsomeone who puts forward a suggestion or proposal for further discussion or consideration
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1. The proposer was then taken before a popular court and if the jury decided against him, his proposal was disallowed and he was fined.
2. And although they were screened and didn't know about the game and had never played the game before, proposers seemed to innately know this because the average proposal was surprisingly close to 50/50.
proposition
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
nouna suggestion or plan of action, particularly one in business dealings
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1. The content of your assertion is your proposition.
2. So the value propositions a bit different than for like regular consumers.
3. Latinate words are proposition.
4. So, here is my proposition.
5. Proposition 13 takes place on July 1st.
to propound
/pɹəˈpaʊnd/
verbto put an idea, proposition, theory, etc. forward for further consideration
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1. Actually opera might be a more fitting point of comparison for video games, in particular the idea of the total work of art, or gesamtkunstwerk, propounded by German composer Richard Wagner.
2. They were propounding this notion of originalism, which is not actually an originalist idea for interpreting the Constitution, but was kind of cobbled up in that era.
3. Now throughout his work Paine hammered away at old ideas and propounded new ones.
4. Dr. Einstein propounded his theory nearly fifteen years ago.
5. First propounded by Confucius five centuries before Christ: "Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you."
to put forward
/pˌʊt fˈoːɹwɚd/
verbto present an idea, suggestion, etc. to be discussed about
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1. He then put forward a 35-point plan for reform.
2. He just puts forward the view.
3. And scientists have actually put forward at least two different explanations.
4. Crisp whites put forward a fresh face.
5. Three or four of us, in 1957, put forward a partially complete theory of one of these forces, this weak force.
to put it to sb
/pˌʊt ɪt tə sˈʌmwʌn ðˈæt/
phraseto introduce a plan or suggestion to a group of individuals so that they decide whether to accept it or not
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1. But a lot of Americans want to put it to China and think that we run the show and all the rest, which is a very dangerous way of thinking, actually.
2. Autonomous control technology has matured to a stage where we can put it to goos use.
3. The greyhounds are REALLY putting it to THROCKMORTON.
4. Well, let me put it to you this way.
5. So I put it to you, that you told these builders, and the only way you knew is 'cause you're the murderer. -
to put to
/pˈʊt tuː/
verbto present a plan or offer to someone for consideration
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1. About 300 of them were put to death.
2. As a result, a large number of the Jewish leaders were put to death.
3. - Finally, my degree in liberal arts is put to good use.
4. The city itself was put to the torch.
5. A privilege Rizea certainly puts to good use.